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Camera interface

The current Neo1973 processor does not have a camera interface. A chip with the MIPI Camera Serial Interface (CSI-2) might be used as a future proof solution. The standard is available to companies who have joined the alliance.

There are 3.1, 5 and 8 Mega Pixel chips available as well but I don't know if they comply to the above standards. Either way a 2 Mega pixel chip would be basic by the time it was ever implemented into a newer model.

Liquid Lens camera

A Liquid Lens camera for small, low power, electronically controlled autofocus. Also available as part of an SMIA compatible camera module!

Telescope

Tripod

A tripod socket would make a camera more usable.

Interface to external camera

Even if Gen1 Neos have no camera, it would be nice to get interfaces with external cameras to allow applications like GPS tagging of photos, barcode reading, OCR, and sending photos directly to internet. Are there plans to write software to interface with cameras directly via USB? Bluetooth? WiFi?

Taking pictures of drunk people, a system that allows near-instantaneous grab phone, take picture interaction

Use cases that require more.

Printable photos.

Optical Zoom to distant objects.

Low light photography.

Astrophotography.

Quality web-page photos.

HDR Photography

Principal 5MPixels camera and secondary camera for video-conference.

Camera interface

The current Neo1973 processor does not have a camera interface. A chip with the MIPI Camera Serial Interface (CSI-2) might be used as a future proof solution. The standard is available to companies who have joined the alliance.

There are 3.1, 5 and 8 Mega Pixel chips available as well but I don't know if they comply to the above standards. Either way a 2 Mega pixel chip would be basic by the time it was ever implemented into a newer model.

Liquid Lens camera

A Liquid Lens camera for small, low power, electronically controlled autofocus. Also available as part of an SMIA compatible camera module!

Telescope

Tripod

A tripod socket would make a camera more usable.

Interface to external camera

Even if Gen1 Neos have no camera, it would be nice to get interfaces with external cameras to allow applications like GPS tagging of photos, barcode reading, OCR, and sending photos directly to internet. Are there plans to write software to interface with cameras directly via USB? Bluetooth? WiFi?